Cisco Systems
Cisco Systems, Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in San Jose, California, in the center of Silicon Valley.[3] Cisco develops, manufactures and sells networking hardware, telecommunications equipment and other high-technology services and products.[4] Through its numerous acquired subsidiaries, such as OpenDNS, WebEx, Jabber and Jasper, Cisco specializes into specific tech markets, such as Internet of Things (IoT), domain security and energy management.[5]
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Company type | Public |
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Industry | Networking hardware & software |
Founded | December 10, 1984San Francisco, California, United States | in
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Headquarters | , United States[1] |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Products | List of Cisco products |
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Number of employees | 74,200 (2018)[2] |
Subsidiaries | List of acquisitions by Cisco Systems |
Website | cisco |
Cisco stock was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average on June 8, 2009, and is also included in the S&P 500 Index, the Russell 1000 Index, NASDAQ-100 Index and the Russell 1000 Growth Stock Index.[6]
Cisco Systems was founded in December 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner, two Stanford University computer scientists.[7] They pioneered the concept of a local area network (LAN) being used to connect geographically disparate computers over a multiprotocol router system. By the time the company went public in 1990, Cisco had a market capitalization of $224 million.[8] By the end of the dot-com bubble in the year 2000, Cisco had a more than $500 billion market capitalization.[9]
References
change- ↑ "Contact Cisco". Retrieved March 1, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "Cisco Systems, Inc. 2018 Annual Report Form (10-K)" (PDF). U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. August 2018. Retrieved April 1, 2018.
- ↑ ""Cisco, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Sep 12, 2012"" (PDF).
- ↑ "Cisco, Form 10-K, Annual Report, Filing Date Sep 12, 2012" (PDF). secdatabase.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 12, 2019. Retrieved March 25, 2013.
- ↑ "Cisco Systems | 2021 Fortune 500". Fortune. Archived from the original on 2023-03-23. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ Browning, E.S. (June 1, 2009). "Travelers, Cisco Replace Citi, GM in Dow". Wall Street Journal. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Retrieved June 2, 2009.
- ↑ Toscano, Paul (2013-04-17). "Tech Companies Are Doing It Wrong: Cisco Co-Founder". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Cisco ascends to most valuable company". CNET. Retrieved 2022-05-03.
- ↑ "Cisco pushes past Microsoft in market value". CBS Marketwatch. March 25, 2000. Retrieved January 25, 2007.